Alain Resnais

Birthday: 3 June 1922, Vannes, Morbihan, France

Birth Name: Alain Pierre Marie Jean Georges Resnais

Height: 191 cm

Alain Resnais was born on June 3, 1922 in Vannes, Morbihan, France as Alain Pierre Marie Jean Georges Resnais. He was a director and editor, known for Hiroshima mon amour (1959), L'ann&eacute ...Show More

I make difficult films. But not on purpose. I make difficult films. But not on purpose.

I never had any special appetite for filmmaking, but you have to make a living and it is miraculous Show more I never had any special appetite for filmmaking, but you have to make a living and it is miraculous to earn a living working in film. Hide

[on film-watching] I turn the lights low and take no calls. I like Bob Hope; I find him mysterious. [on film-watching] I turn the lights low and take no calls. I like Bob Hope; I find him mysterious.

I am never driven. Every film I have made has been an assignment. I am never driven. Every film I have made has been an assignment.

The present and the past coexist, but the past shouldn't be in flashback. The present and the past coexist, but the past shouldn't be in flashback.

My dream would be to make a movie with Stephen Sondheim. I'm proud that I got him to do the music fo Show more My dream would be to make a movie with Stephen Sondheim. I'm proud that I got him to do the music for 'Stavisky'. Hide

Alain Resnais's FILMOGRAPHY

All as Actor (3) as Director (3) as Creator (1)

Le joli mai (The Lovely Month of May)

Hiroshima Mon Amour

Les herbes folles

Le signe du lion

Last Year at Marienbad

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